SYNOl" I ,Elbert Carsta lra. e t nged trom Ii

longing for th si!;l t 0' his d u ht r Me ry. engageaLarry Varney nil P Ma n' u to t the Car-stairs vacut, t O;pr' nl to} u ston n-tt Hudson,there to kidun" 111 rv, Un rrrv 1 ill Hunston, Var-ney and !lIagl uU as a bllud cal w.th the I' formelement to throw out the political xr ,fters who arerunning the town. Dj' acctdent, Vurt1PY Iearns thatMary Curstatrs is not a 12 r ar 01<1 girl, but abeautiful yo ~ woman. Varney's c108P resemblanceto Ferr!s staanope, an author of pi k tea Ii e ~ture,who has got himself' into bad gru(>e in HUQ1tonthrough affairs with gil' Is, makes Varn y's pr seneein the town h izardous, The politieal gang, workingunder the direction ot Hoss Ryan and through Coligny.Smith, editor of the Hunston Gazette, use the leverof Varnc'f"'s resemotance to Stnnhope to balk V'i\r~ney's help in the reform movement, A. scurrilousarticle about- Stanhope and [J picture finish Varn~'.vin the eyes of the townspeople IIamID rton, a localreporter who is ('( rreapondeut for tho New YorkPress. by a l'1JSe leurns that Yarne' real missionto Hunston ts to kidnap l\I' rs, lIIagJl,ni buys out tlteGazette and thus teats a march 011 R. .m, and he andVarney win Hammerton over by making him editorof the paper, Varney gets M".,v abo, d the yachtintending to tak her to her father, but he losesheart and till'!5 back. 111ary will not understandhis explanations nor 1:"lrgive him,

SEVE ':VTEEN'j'JI INS'l'.J..LLl'dEN'l.

Stanb-spe Meets His Double.

THE man lay 01 the lounc,o precisely asHenry had happ ned to vI I lm, 111S

I averted face hah, bur-ied i! t I,OWS,Inve tigatior . c d th t he had no

bloody gasn on lu he d; tl t Henry'simagination. There d: 11fact. eem toLe a m~" on d t ree mallscrn tches or, Ius

Stanhope put hi h under tl '" cr 111andturned it toward him, none too geht,y. FOla full mome he ctood motion] , ~tartn 'dUI at that whlt face so 11 bis own.'.ri, n he dipped his hand m the gla andspl •.•shed a I andrut of w tcr upon the closedeyes.

At the fir t touch of It the still figure oftile lVjured man tlrred with famt 1 'us ofretu. 11 consciou ne s. Far dow n in ah'ac K an utter voiJ he sensed th fi st g lirn-1'1, -r of distant It ht 81 wry, ,flW'y. t eg1Jmcn r grew. Tb Silence Within g n epla ce to a vast r rmg in hfs ell! nd in-describable I in m hi head; and th dullgIG \ whl h had eemed to him the sllin'ngrro.iticr of some far new world vhl ther hewas gratefully journeying, r'e 01 d itselfInto a circle of greenish light.

••Drink thls," said a soft bu. peremptoryvoice.

He drank. incunously and the fiery lIquidran to hi h d und heart and shot newIifr> into hi ad Iimbs Dut the m l' his[0,-' atrength came back to his body em. e h was ••W: 1'6 of the te I.e p inhis head. It occu 1'0 to hlm v uely thatwhen once he which hwould have to there woulbe a horrible head woulgo elf Ilk a

.•You feel bettor no .".

than muui: ed th \01C'

rted rather

"Much. 'l'hanks to ou. It·s only-myhead, SometL ng "ems to be wrong withit, a little,".. >.:>umehody

Irem b hin '.hit you there with a club,You remember now. dun't

y01. 0 was it?"• I de· 't know," id Val n y wearily,, 0, corr €! Your 1:ead isn t as bad as all

that -ther 's not e en a bump on It. '£hInka mment. An old man, vrth long hairan 1 ~ -av 'hiskers. You must know whoit wa "

.•••1'111' l' ssed his hand up n hforehead. "O! So it was ~th n.01<101' ick."

The author's face 10 t so thing of Itscolo.'. " 01'1tel ' WI t -wI at hasthis fellow got ag'ainst you? 'V rn y dl not answer, T name h a

.tarted remote mernori s t w rklng and.vel')' slowly. returnmg c mprehenslOn ad-"an eU to m et th m. He and old 011'1ckhad b Hl tandll1g together on a woodl ndroad. They \ ere huntu g for something.An 1812 pe ny and valuable. That W'I It.Before that, he had stood a long tim n "ra green gate som ;vI,ere, I In at , pairof d.lrk biue ey He rem' <ls·tinctly what mercH, seth y W Ie,though something in a ~mind reco.' that Ieenough, t d ththIngs. Thcorner if.face to face wI~h evel ~t1hIS lleau to t1. > wall.

But there was no escape from that In-s' ent voice, so eager for an explanation.A hand fell upon his shoulder, shook italmost roughly. "Don't let yours If dropoff again. Here! You want another drink? ,.

- "No, I'm quite all right now-thank you."To prove it. and to make ready to get

away where he could be quiet. he performed the herculean task of opening hilleyes, A tall man was bending over him. ana nxtous expression on his handsome face.More than the liquor, more even than thejostling hand upon his shoulder. the lookof that face. so strange yet so famuiar.braced Varney to action.Troe two pairs of gray-blue eyes. so oddly,

matched in tint and shape. stared into eachother steadily, Presently Varney draggedhis feet around to the floor. with difficulty.as was natural to their thousand tons ofweight, and taking hold of a chair pulledhimself up on them, He raised Ius hands,slowly and c utiouslv, to his head. Good!It W'l.S still there. The impresslUn that ithad left his shoulders and was floatingaround in the air a foot or two above themthus turned out to be an i" 'I'hcrel " he 1101\1'<1tb It or aytng'

bnskly, 'A 'ttl e t wa OU ne ded,as [ t

hank11 ve - omYOu? ve y KI d. You have just ar-rived in Hun ton-I bdieve?""I mornin r," 0 d

time.you?"

.,y r aIthenatt e. per .aps? ""Do you remember me" asked Varney

Quietly "when you were here twelve yearsago?"MI. St nhope ect d fro arse op n box t it c

fully. too' ghe said ea. ly, " B rt ror that matter, I fearthat I remember few of my boyhood ac-quaintances in Hunston. But-this man-Orr-ick. y u aid? ha there b b odbetween 0 tw for some tim th ? ••••No. '\ am y imply, "He stru k

me, I b li he th ug t I vyou? u

" What!" erred the author with overdoneprtse,"I am glad-to meet you so soon after

y ur arrival," continued Varney. " Sono should tell you that your boyhood ac-quaintances h ze longer memories. Youc me here for your health. I believe? rink you might do well to leave for the

!) hind

see

ngPoor

nev,

me--

mey With nof it. Hutt any bett r

't th t rself at

'a. just about to, [c me here H,reed ys ago. a stranger-on a little stay. Afriend who is with me got interested in a

THE CHICAGO

u t

reform move t h reo Politics. you u .derstand, The other s e to injure him,p bli ed the story that I W s you. underan a . Naturally we didn't ke that. '\V

bought the pa~r just to say that I sn't,r supposed th thad settl d 1. It se Iwas wrong. You see a good deal of feelinghad been worked up meantime--"••Hello! •• exclaimed Stanhope suddenly

raising his hand. ••What's that?"Varfiey listened, "Men's voices." he said

slowly.The door flew open and a man whose or,

dinary impassivity was touched with a pleas.urable excitement stood on the threshold.••If you please, sir, there's some rough

looking men just sneaked up on the lawn.Ten or twelve-sort of a mob-like. Hi should8ay--""What do they want?" demanded Stan-

hope in a high voice."No good. str, l' thinking." aid the

se vant ahakmz 11 ad." I wup tail'S window saw 'em can eing one by 0 • hentering atplaces, I made nol.se not hcnl,click of a 'arnrner of a gun. and theyalai m and scattered back, But they hai 'tgone away, sir. Not by a 10, g 'hot tl eyhain't."Henry's mar-tel' leaned against his hand-

some wiitirig tab ha tuce whtte asheet. It appeal' d to be a IT o. .ent nquick action was tl import' nt.••They'll try t b 11 first." said

"Lock all the and windowsstairs. my man. QU When thopen a window U); and a-ikwant!'

i n't

Henry recognizauthority. Hwas the strahad so fortunonly fair thagoo', sir," he ss.id••But I'm

hope, •. tA in

you

ex-

The twohardly " yex ictly or u 'g 1 e, St an hopthing a shade the t Ilersctous as he I egarded tmight be Iook.rigtered, in a mirrlng to nelt her••I SUPP( se I mi t onably call

vo th t" said Vu ney •• [ m hta reason •.•bly say that thr" knock on theheart from Sam Orrick" a.s v 111' do }1''',

It t i'ol t 1 t you er folome, But fothere--"Til doo • I I n

1 e broke ff A01 '1. and t ey voice ;"'1 tI ere on

want? "you

, Stanl ope a minute,from below. "On Im-

'ere," sal fait ful Henry. "'E'stom rro r"

--- liar! If

t

Imm y ,g n rn l elltng arose, fromfartber b .ck in the da kn •.ss. Diplomacy,It seemed, was about to be abandoned .forimmediate actlon. But over the sudden1ubbub, tl: at cool voice at the window rang, t again:, Hlf it's fight you nt, Hi 11 ay WI'

expe tin' you, Th re's ten of us 'ere,h' rm d -"A d ri iv€' yoke wa. "e 11 see about t ,t,

- - soor--'" Men! H,'ve got a brace of six-shooters

't'e in my 'and, T e first of you as comesil'to the light gets a couple of 'oles drllled. to 'is hinside. neat and clean," ,Having launched this thre t from his

inky window to gain a little time. Hen ysilently withdrew, flung downstairs, andb oke into the study. his scrape and bowforgotten. to inquire Vihether either of thegentlemen had. in Gawd's mercy. hanythinkthat would shoot.His master, whose well

opening and shutting byanswer.

helil'd in answer.my bUt k, pretty

kept hands werehis side. did not

SUNDAY TRIBUNE.

No"He n w thout

to Stanhope. and s 1

a servant to hi master.lick a I army of t <em chaps.""We could never do it!" C ,('II

hope shrilly., The shouting outside. though s ill aereet distance back. grew more artieVery fearful were their menaces,- ~••Come out, Stanhope! YoU! time scm"'\Ve'll string yer to a bee, yer --"Feller's let's burn the damnStanhope's face went from wh:

green. He steadied htmself Instt Ie with a hand that quiv ad an, 1'at Varney.

••It's-it' you th y want," heH 0, my Gawd," cried Hem Y' a

face into his hands."Y aid V

also, ' t s r tl R

for t door.nut H

resem 1,

"Hi

With

th

ut nowdow down man'

ou t suddenl so clo •instde the val' lor;

"One minute to come out fair in tfl;tanhop" or we'll et a light to th sso 1 lp us God'"Mr. Stanhope gave a low ry.

them, H nry!" he or-der-ed, wildly, .•QUiTell n m I'm coming out this m nuteHenry, his back against the door. did

stir.

"Hare you goin' out, sir?"••No." said Varney, "hE' isn't, But [Peter came further mto the p tt

Impatient eyes fixed on Varney .. WIfool's talk i tLb?" he demanltu roughly."Nobody Is going out. Y" fourAnother loud crash of broken gla

drownrd him out, In V rney's ('ye the Iof anxiety had de, pt ned. He under toodyerything ,t il Jance, Ai, oit il oldinof a few poor H,1ckleys, som •• che p 1quorthe word p3ssed t.o .1 ginn's as f omfl'iend-this was how th bo~s of fIu!lad plotted to s t lis heel upon refo m anustamp it out forever, I e came th tepback into the room, stf'rnl}.• You were a monumental fool to

scn 1 you here, Peter ,-"But the s velling t 1I111t \,; I )

1'311 out of the uestlon,o tim fo' wlk!"

fight now- b -fore th y . l'out ,and t, the f mt, 11,"Right hoh'" eriE'1 II ',. man to IT.

and ran out tJle door.

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